Looked after children and young people say ‘I’m not like Tracy Beaker’ - YoungMinds

Today (Monday 13th February 2012) YoungMinds the UK’s leading children and young people’s mental health charity launches a worrying report highlighting the stigma surrounding the mental health of Looked after Children and Young People.The report ‘Improving the Mental Health of Looked After Young People’ is released today following recent figures that revealed more applications were made last month to take children into care than ever before. Around 60% of Looked after Young People have some level of mental health problem. With ever increasing numbers of children being taken into care